Eight-time deportee arrested in Escondido

ESCONDIDO  An eight-time deportee was arrested last week by Escondido police responding to a report of a man who appeared to be drunk in public.

Officers who answered the call near East Valley Parkway and Citrus Avenue determined the man was too intoxicated to care for his own safety, Lt. Chris Wynn said. The man was evasive about his identity during his arrest.

He was taken to Escondido police headquarters and identified through booking photographs as Carlos Sanchez Valenzuela, 37, who is living Oceanside.

A records check showed that he had been deported eight times and had multiple prior offenses, including driving under the influence of alcohol, domestic violence, illegal weapons possession, being drunk in public and driving without a license, Wynn said.

He was booked into Vista jail on suspicion of being drunk in public and Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a hold on him.